- Inadequate compensation.
- Excessive pressure.
- Nepotism.
- The leadership team attempts to foster competition among employees.
- A disengaged leadership team and top-down management.
- The leadership is resistant to criticism and retaliates by, for instance, denying promotions, or being set up to fail and fired.
- The leadership consistently making unrealistic promises to investors, disregarding feedback from developers who highlight the impracticality, results in setting unattainable expectations. Subsequently, blame is placed on developers for failing to meet deadlines.
- The leadership has a short-term vision, thereby overlooking the quality of the code produced by developers. They encourage developers to minimize comments on pull requests and prioritize swift merging.
- Imposed the RTO against the wishes of everyone, adversely affecting employees' quality of life.
- In January, they laid off 4% of employees for economic reasons, yet Shortly thereafter, they acquired a company that sells darts in bars.
- Employees are expected to work overtime without compensation, fostering a crunch culture similar to that seen in video game companies.